Griffon Guide 0.9.5-rc2 - Reference Documentation

# buildMVCGroup(*)

## Purpose

Create a new MVC group instance, which may contain non-standard members (like actions, dialogs, etc).

## Examples

    class SampleController {
        def action = { evt = null ->
            MVCGroup group = buildMVCGroup('Other')
        }
    }

## Description

This method lets you create new instances of an MVC group. There are several ways to invoke this method depending on your needs

- `buildMVCGroup(String groupName)` - creates a new group identified by <groupName> with default settings.
- `buildMVCGroup(String groupName, groupId)` - creates a new group identified by <groupName> with default settings and an specific <groupId>. You can reference the whole group later by accessing `app.groups.<groupId>`.
- `buildMVCGroup(String groupName, Map params)` - creates a new group identified by <groupName> with additional params. The `params` argument will be fed as the `args` value of `mvcGroupInit()`.
- `buildMVCGroup(String groupName, String groupId, Map params)` - a combination of all previous definitions.

Use this method when building a group that may contain additional MVC members as `createMVCGroup()` returns strict MVC members only (Model, View, Controller).

Fired Events:

- `NewInstance` - for each member of the MVC group that had to be instantiated
- `InitializeMVCGroup` - before each group member is initialized
- `CreateMVCGroup` - after the group has been created